Genesis 41:49
And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
Cross-references
Genesis 41:29 predicts seven years of abundance; this verse shows Joseph storing grain during that fulfillment.
Genesis 41:35 commands storing grain; this verse shows Joseph carrying out that instruction.
In Genesis 22:17, God promises Abraham descendants 'as the sand'—the same simile used here for the grain's abundance.
Judges 7:12 explicitly says the enemy's camels were 'as the sand by the sea side for multitude'—the exact phrase used for Joseph's grain.
1 Samuel 13:5 describes Philistine soldiers 'as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude'—same simile as for Joseph's grain.
Psalm 78:27 uses the same 'like sand of the sea' simile for quail, echoing the abundance imagery here.
Jeremiah 33:22 applies 'measureless as sand' to descendants, mirroring the immeasurable grain abundance here.